Speaker
Arthur Hebecker
(University of Heidelberg)
Description
I will start with a pedagogical introduction to how the so-called String Landscape arises and what the best candidates for realistic vacua, including in particular cosmic acceleration, are. I will then review how this subject has evolved in view of the recent revival of the Swampland paradigm. Finally, I will comment on the related current topics of Cobordism Conjecture and euclidean wormholes, in particular the various problems associated with the latter.
